I have lamps from my grandmother that use kerosene and newer ones from the 70 and 80's. Can i use kerosene in those , also, or should i stick with the bottles of lamp oil available at the hardware store,etc.
lamp oil /kerosene
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neat idea. i head about adding a tsp of white gas to a lantern tank of kero to help limit the smoking but not that.
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hm.... never tried diesel. while in the army i did use JP8 and it burned hot enough to crack the globe even on low. it makes sense though as our emergency fuel for the trucks back then was kerosene
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After an idea on the forum I was Olive oil, cheap has chips here in Spain. I also get my friend who runs a bar to let me have her old Oilve oil for frying food to put in my burners. I have oil lights all round my terrace etc and they are great at night and plus being outside you can not smell a thing. Recycling and helping a friend plus saving money.
A few years ago I followed another "oil lamp" thread and I recall others saying that what "appears" to work best in an old lamp is often a function of what WAS used in the lamp (what the wick was soaked with).
Any time you want to "judge" what burns/works best for you, you should start with a FRESH wick. Not sure but I think it was a wick soaked in paraffin will not "wick up" most oils quick enough to support constant combustion.
Keep your wick trimmed to help cut back on smoke.
Any time you want to "judge" what burns/works best for you, you should start with a FRESH wick. Not sure but I think it was a wick soaked in paraffin will not "wick up" most oils quick enough to support constant combustion.
Keep your wick trimmed to help cut back on smoke.
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What about rendered animal fats instead of veggie oil? Haven't tried, but. If you can run a motor off it, id imagine you could use it in a lamp?
Do not use anything but designated lamp oil or kerosene in a lantern. They are designed with a particular flashpoint threshold, and if you use mineral spirits, you can create a serious fire hazard. You don't want all your preps going up in smoke, do you?
As for kerosene, one can find additives that give it different odors. We've used kerosene to heat our home before, and we found some pine-scented additive that took your mind off of the kerosene smell. Now, the additives might make the wick gum up faster, and produce more soot in the flue.
As for kerosene, one can find additives that give it different odors. We've used kerosene to heat our home before, and we found some pine-scented additive that took your mind off of the kerosene smell. Now, the additives might make the wick gum up faster, and produce more soot in the flue.
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Just about anything that burns slower than gas you can put in and burn. But Kerosene, Lamp oil, are the best and safest. Diesel will put off more smoke and could be hazzardous indoors in the winter, animal fat (O'possum grease, and beaver fat) is what my Grand mother would use often because it was free. Used motor oil will work if need be. Just don't use the citranlella oil type, it will make every body sick. You can get scented oils, but did you know you can mix the essential oils with it? Like peppermint and rose works pretty well.
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JP4 and JP3 burn well and never had a problem. In washington state we used lots of JP4 in ours. My dad had to check for water in the fuel tanks and just brought the test fuel home and dipped the top off and threw the water away.
Hmmm.. guess I'm lucky; I can get kerosene at less than $14 a gallon.
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once again,
all, go to lanternnet.com and see their FAQ's
lanterns are designed to run on certain fuels.
a dead flame railroad lamp was designed to run on either animal fats or signal oil not kerosene. the vents, shape and amount of vent/air holes make the fats burn better not necessarily kerosene. and kerosene lanterns are designed to just run on kerosene.
If you swap fuels, then they must be similar to what the lamp that you intend to use them in was originally designed for.
Mineral spirits and like products are not designed for use in lanterns. they "flash" at a much lower temp than kerosene and fats or signal oils do. use of mineral spirits can easily result in run away fire that could burn down your camp or residence.
just my $.02 to keep everyone safer
Curlyjoe
all, go to lanternnet.com and see their FAQ's
lanterns are designed to run on certain fuels.
a dead flame railroad lamp was designed to run on either animal fats or signal oil not kerosene. the vents, shape and amount of vent/air holes make the fats burn better not necessarily kerosene. and kerosene lanterns are designed to just run on kerosene.
If you swap fuels, then they must be similar to what the lamp that you intend to use them in was originally designed for.
Mineral spirits and like products are not designed for use in lanterns. they "flash" at a much lower temp than kerosene and fats or signal oils do. use of mineral spirits can easily result in run away fire that could burn down your camp or residence.
just my $.02 to keep everyone safer
Curlyjoe
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